Dickey Betts is a former member of the Allman Brothers band and is a composer, singer/songwriter and guitarist. Dickey Betts built his net worth through his years with the Allman Brothers, the many songs he composed, his solo performances, as well as his own band, The Dickey Betts Band. He was born in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Forrest Richard "Dickey" Betts (born December 12, 1943) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, and composer best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band. He was inducted with the band into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and also won with the band a best rock performance Grammy Award for his instrumental "Jessica" in 1996. Recognized as "one of the most influential guitar players of all time", he had early on in his career one of rock's finest guitar partnerships with the late Duane Allman introducing melodic twin guitar harmony and counterpoint which "rewrote the rules for how two rock guitarists can work together, completely scrapping the traditional rhythm/lead roles to stand toe to toe". Dickey Betts was ranked #58 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time list in 2003, and #61 on the list published in 2011.Born in West Palm Beach, Florida, Betts grew up in a musical family listening to bluegrass, country and Western Swing music. He started playing ukelele at five and, as his hands got bigger, moved on to mandolin, banjo and guitar. At sixteen and feeling the need for something "a little faster," he played in a series of rock bands on the Florida circuit, up the East Coast and into the midwest before forming the Second Coming with Berry Oakley in 1967. According to Rick Derringer, the "group called the Jokers" referenced in "Rock and Roll Hootchie Coo" was one of Betts' early groups. He is currently living in Sarasota, Florida.In 1969, Duane Allman had parlayed success as a session player into a contract with former Otis Redding manager Phil Walden. Walden planned to back a power trio featuring Allman, who needed to put together the rest of the band. When Allman organized jam sessions as part of his effort to recruit Oakley for the group, Betts sat in. During those jams twin guitar parts, influenced by the harmonized fiddle and guitar parts Betts had heard on bluegrass and Bob Wills records growing up, began to e

This should not overshadow his immense body of studio work. He has played on recording sessions for Billy Joe Shaver, Dickey Betts, Johnny Rivers, Bonnie Bramlett and Kitty Wells, and worked with the legendary Swampers in Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

I can only assume that Hagerty was inspired by Dickey Betts, who had a short stint playing PRS Guitars in the early 90’s Allman Brothers Band. I’ve never read Neil Hagerty’s novel, Victory Chimp. I’ve also never read Marc Bolan’s The Warlock Of L ...